I have been using Moodle and video or audio clips in my science classroom for some time now. I found a perfect example at Dr. Scott McLeod’s blog Dangerously Irrelevant. His 7-step (60-90 minute) “unit” got my attention. It utilizes Re-useable Learning Objects. In Moodle, it is important to create lessons that save time anywhere you can.
He combines .pdf files, a slideshow from the Fischbowl, an original slideshow, a podcast, and a viral video. He can re-use these materials in future contexts, but more importantly, he posts them to the web and invites others to use them. That is the power of re-usable learning objects of the digital kind.
What could we blend as resources for a lesson on cell mitosis or math or geography?Dangerously Irrelevant: 100% proficiency on old skills?100% proficiency on old skills? Here's something if you have a 60- to 90-minute block of time with educators... 100% Proficiency on Old Skills? A Candid Conversation About the Demands of NCLB and Preparing Students for the New Economy
- Step 1 - download the handout (jot a few notes)
- Step 2 - watch Did You Know? (6:05) (become a little overwhelmed)
- Step 3 - see the slides and listen to the podcast (not available on our schools network because all .mp3 files are filtered and blocked- #$% it (34:20)
- Step 4 - watch (YouTube.com) The Human Network (1:32) (remain hopeful)
- Step 5 - start discussing
- Step 6 - hand out either the short version or the long version as a take-away
- Step 7 - share widely! P.S. This presentation is better than the one I did last week.
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